Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Africa
Africa: Cheese (All Kinds) — Production was 1.11 million t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cheese (all kinds) — production in Africa is 1.11 million t, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 5.6% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese (all kinds) — production in Africa peaked at 1.18 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 235,270 t, in 1961.
That places Africa 7th out of 28 regions with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 250,478 t | 235,270 t | 274,186 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 308,047 t | 283,428 t | 343,685 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 379,855 t | 349,519 t | 416,355 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 572,223 t | 437,296 t | 746,558 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 913,379 t | 746,963 t | 1.02 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.05 million t | 863,348 t | 1.14 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.11 million t | 1.02 million t | 1.18 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 4 Italy 1.34 million t compare
- 5 Poland, Republic of 1.06 million t compare
- 6 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.02 million t compare
- 7 Russian Federation 791,956 t compare
- 8 Egypt, Arab Republic of 765,662 t compare
- 9 Australia and New Zealand 749,812 t compare
- 10 Canada 599,949 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.67 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.26 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.29 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 613,627 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 55.77 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 47.50 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.37 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 26.38 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cheese (all kinds) — production in Africa?
- Cheese (all kinds) — production in Africa was 1.11 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cheese (all kinds) — production recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.18 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest cheese (all kinds) — production recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 235,270 t in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for cheese (all kinds) — production?
- Africa ranks 7th out of 28 regions with data for 2023.
- Is cheese (all kinds) — production rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cheese (All Kinds) — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.